He
crawled through and passed the portrait of the fat lady. He started walking
toward Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. He never knew who could be in there. When he
walked in, he heard two voices crying instead of the usual one. Harry went over
two the third stall where he heard the second voice.
"Hermione!"
he exclaimed. Harry saw his friend bound up in ropes and gagged. Immediately he
ran over to her and untied the ropes and yanked out the gag.
"Oh,
my, gosh, Harry, thank you," she said, gasping for breath.
"I've
been in here since last night! I didn't think anyone would ever find me,"
she sobbed.
"Who,
who was it that put you in here? I want to know! Harry yelled.
"Shhh!
Be quiet. Oh Harry, it was, it was Sirius Black. The same Sirius Black we saved
last year. Your godfather, Sirius Black."
That,
how, why? Why would he do that to you? You saved his life, for goodness
sake!"
All of a
sudden she bolted up. The bathroom door flung open and someone came inside. The
footsteps were heave and nearing their stall. Harry motioned Hermione to bring
their feet up on the toilet so they couldn't be seen. Then they heard the sound
of pharlestougne.
"Tom,"
whispered Harry.
All of a
sudden they heard a sound Harry had only heard twice before. The corner sink
sliding open. The broken sink housed the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.
Hermione had to hold Harry around the waist to keep him from bolting out of the
stall. Once the sink closed, Harry dashed out of the stall. He went over to the
sink and murmured something in pharlestougne. It slid open and Harry beckoned
Hermione to follow him into the pipe.